2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: ANIMATED FEATURE (December)

The top four holds steady this month as the Annie nominations were announced a few weeks ago but How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World makes a move into the top 5. It doesn’t feel like a possible winner but it may be looking at a nomination as it closes out its series.

While Frozen II and Missing Link led those Annie noms, it’s Toy Story 4 and I Lost My Body that have captured the lion’s share of critics’ awards. While critics aren’t voters, the impact of those wins will still probably be felt and that benefits a smaller film like I Lost My Body enormously.

Here are my 2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions in Animated Feature for December 17, 2019.

Green – moves up Red – moves down Blue – new/re-entry

1. Toy Story 4 (Disney/Pixar)
2. I Lost My Body (Netflix)
3. Frozen II (Disney)
4. Missing Link (LAIKA/Annapurna/UAR)
5. How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (Dreamworks)

NEXT UP (alphabetical by film)

The Addams Family (MGM)
Klaus (Netflix)
Spies in Disguise (Blue Sky/Sony)
The Swallows of Kabul (TBA)
Weathering With You (GKIDS)

OTHER CONTENDERS (alphabetical by film)

The Angry Birds Movie 2 (Sony)
Abominable (Dreamworks/Universal)
Another Day of Life (GKIDS)
Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles (GKIDS)
Children of the Sea (GKIDS)
Dilili in Paris (Samuel Goldwyn Films)
Funan (GKIDS)
Genndy Tartakovsky’s ‘Primal’ – Tales of Savagery (Adult Swim)
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (Warner Bros)
Marona’s Fantastic Tale (GKIDS)
Ne Zha (Well Go USA Entertainment)
Okko’s Inn (GKIDS)
Pachamama (Netflix)
Promare (GKIDS)
The Secret Life of Pets 2 (Illumination/Universal)
White Snake (GKIDS)

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Erik Anderson is the founder/owner and Editor-in-Chief of AwardsWatch and has always loved all things Oscar, having watched the Academy Awards since he was in single digits; making lists, rankings and predictions throughout the show. This led him down the path to obsessing about awards. Much later, he found himself in film school and the film forums of GoldDerby, and then migrated over to the former Oscarwatch (now AwardsDaily), before breaking off to create AwardsWatch in 2013.

He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Hollywood Critics Association (HCA) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.

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